This year, they'll go a shade lighter. "I think our take on this new season is that we're going to have a little more fun," Bays said. "We're trying not to go the Joss Whedon-route of putting our characters through absolute hell for our own amusement -- which, man, he's really good at -- but I think we're going to take a new approach and just try to tell some really fun stories."

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jkalderash, you're not wrong. How I Met Your Mother is surprisingly wonderful ("surprisingly" only if, like me, you don't generally love the slicker-looking TV sitcoms). Wonderfully quirky in places, superb cast, great structure and writing. I'm 'flixing the seasons as we speak, and definitely see some Coupling and other influences.

I'm amused by how the Whedonesque news possibilites grow with each new franchise/actor/crew member added to Whedon's resume. I know we were already getting How I Met Your Mother news due to Alyson Hannigan, but now there'll be more of it plus Neil Patrick Harris-specific stuff.

I'm gonna rent HIMYM almost entirely because of Dr. Horrible. Yeah, a few actors I like/love being involved always made it appealing, as did many Whedonesquers recommendations and that Robin Sparkles/`90s Canadian Pop Sensation hilarity that probably would've been funnier if I knew the show and the characters better...but yeah, I'll rent.